joining us now from ft. lauderdale, rich steinberg of steinberg asset management and our guest host for -- not just the hour, but for the program. what do you think down there in ft. lauderdale? first of all, do you think that the dust is going to settle at all over the next three days? >> well, if it does settle, it will be a mini deal because i think the republicans will hold the debt ceiling talks over the democrats heads going into the end of february. and, you know, it's kind of like halloween where your kids come home and they're trying to trade candy like, oh, i don't like this snickers kb whiff this. i think today they're going to start that process. they're going to have to try to come to a quick deal at least to get some solution for the amt issue, for the sequester and for unemployment. but even if we go off the cliff to markets, markets react to the unexpected, not the expected. >> knot nobody loves to market climb, but assuming you do have cash on the sidelines, people profit trying to get out o